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IGD: Padres vs Pirates (18 Sep 07)

Game #150 time: 7:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Greg Maddux (12-10, 3.91) vs Tom Gorzelanny (14-7, 3.45) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. — Sun Tzu Or even 162 battles. Go Padres!

IGD: Padres @ Dodgers (13 Sep 07)

Game #145 time: 7:10 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Greg Maddux (12-9, 3.68) vs David Wells (7-8, 5.31) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com From The Scouting Report: 1990 (aff link): Finding a weakness in Greg Maddux is difficult. Whether he is at home or on the road, on turf or natural grass, during the day or at [...]

Somebody’s Got a Case of the Thursdays

If you thought Wednesday night’s loss (box score) was dreadful, here’s something even verse: Once was a boy, age fifteen years,       Hiram Helsel was his name, And he was sick two years or so;       He has left this world of pain; His friends they miss this lovely boy,   [...]

IGD: Padres @ Rockies (8 Sep 07)

Game #141 time: 5:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Greg Maddux (11-9, 3.75) vs Jeff Francis (15-6, 4.12) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com Jeff Francis has been terrific again this year, proving that his 2006 breakout season was no fluke. On the bright side, he’s been terrible against the Padres of late. Francis has allowed at least [...]

IGD: Padres @ Diamondbacks (3 Sep 07)

Game #137 time: 1:40 p.m. PT tv: none sp: Greg Maddux (10-9, 3.79) vs Micah Owings (6-7, 4.51) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com Happy Labor Day, folks. The Padres and Diamondbacks enter their three-game series separated by mere percentage points at the top of the National League West with fewer than 30 games remaining. Could it get [...]

Friday Links (31 Aug 07)

My wife and I went to Del Mar on Thursday. First time I’d been to the track in years. I studied the horses, jockeys, and trainers to the best of my limited ability and proceeded to lose every race I bet on. My wife hit a 30-1 longshot in the third race. She liked the [...]

Tied for First

The Padres are tied for first again after Wednesday night’s 3-1 victory over Arizona at Petco Park (box score). That’s nice, but let’s not get carried away just yet. Not to bring everyone down, but being in first place on August 30 isn’t the goal, it’s just a signpost along the highway. The Padres have [...]

IGD: Padres vs Diamondbacks (29 Aug 07)

Game #132 time: 7:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Greg Maddux (10-9, 3.90) vs Micah Owings (6-7, 4.69) pre: Padres.com, B-R.com Greg Maddux hasn’t issued a walk all month. He’s issued just three over 210 plate appearances since the All-Star break. Two of those came in the same game. Maddux has walked zero or one [...]

How the (NL) West Will Be Won

Fun weekend in Philadelphia. Fun road trip. Four out of six against two playoff contenders back east? Works for me. Now the boys return to Petco for a huge four-game series against Arizona. We can whine about the fact that the Diamondbacks are outperforming their Pythagorean record by 12 games or we can acknowledge the [...]

IGD: Padres @ Phillies (24 Aug 07)

Game #127 time: 4:05 p.m. PT tv: 4SD sp: Greg Maddux (9-9, 3.90) vs Jamie Moyer (11-6, 4.12) pre: Padres.com, SI.com, B-R.com Greg Maddux and Jamie Moyer both made their big-league debuts in 1986 with the Chicago Cubs. Moyer’s first game came on June 16. He beat Steve Carlton and the Phillies, 7-5, at Wrigley [...]